Author: Suzann Thibodeaux and Julie Jaehne

Connect to Your Career is a technology-driven 21st century reflection of how adults find and cultivate careers. With chapters on creating a personal brand, understanding and protecting your online presence, and developing soft skills for any workplace environment, this resources has overriding goal in mind: to help students understand how to use technology, such as social media, job-search websites, and digital devices, to connect to a career.

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Connect to Your Career 4e, Online Textbook

• Connect to Your Career
• Copyright © 2025 by The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc.
• Preface
• About the Authors
• Reviewers
• Tools for Student and Instructor Success
• • Student Tools
  • Instructor Tools
• Focus on Your Career
• • Chapter Opening Materials
  • Workplace Skills
  • Time Management
  • The Best App for That
  • Career Persona
  • Connect to Your Community
  • End-of-Chapter Content
• How to Use This Text
• Organization
• New to This Edition
• Brief Contents
• Contents
• Unit 1 Career Planning
• • Unit 1 Why It Matters
• Chapter 1 Preparing for Your Career
• • Chapter 1 Learning Outcomes
  • Chapter 1 Overview
  • 1.1 Career Preparation
  • 1.2 Career Plan
  • 1.3 Self-Assessment
  • 1.4 Skills Assessment
  • 1.5 SMART Goals
  • 1.6 Career Pathing
  • 1.7 Career Portfolio
• Chapter 2 Workplace Readiness
• • Chapter 2 Learning Outcomes
  • Chapter 2 Overview
  • 2.1 Basic Skills
  • 2.2 Soft Skills
  • 2.3 Workplace Ethics
  • 2.4 Digital Citizenship
  • 2.5 Certification
• Chapter 3 Personal Brand
• • Chapter 3 Learning Outcomes
  • Chapter 3 Overview
  • 3.1 Your Personal Brand
  • 3.2 Personal Brand Statement
  • 3.3 Personal Commercial
• Unit 2 Online Presence
• • Unit 2 Why It Matters
• Chapter 4 Managing Your Online Presence
• • Chapter 4 Learning Outcomes
  • Chapter 4 Overview
  • 4.1 Creating Your Online Presence
  • 4.2 Professional E-mail Account
  • 4.3 LinkedIn Account
  • 4.4 Twitter Account
  • 4.5 Instagram Account
  • 4.6 Positive Thinking
• Chapter 5 Networking for Your Career
• • Chapter 5 Learning Outcomes
  • Chapter 5 Overview
  • 5.1 Professional Networking
  • 5.2 Networking Etiquette
  • 5.3 Professional References
• Chapter 6 Protecting Your Identity
• • Chapter 6 Learning Outcomes
  • Chapter 6 Overview
  • 6.1 Identity Theft
  • 6.2 Employment Scams
  • 6.3 Internet Usage
  • 6.4 Malware
  • 6.5 Create and Maintain a Security Plan
• Unit 3 Job-Application Process
• • Unit 3 Why It Matters
• Chapter 7 Résumés
• • Chapter 7 Learning Outcomes
  • Chapter 7 Overview
  • 7.1 Résumé
  • 7.2 Keywords
  • 7.3 Sections of a Résumé
  • 7.4 Résumé Formats
  • 7.5 Saving a Résumé
  • 7.6 Nontraditional Résumé
• Chapter 8 Cover Letters
• • Chapter 8 Learning Outcomes
  • Chapter 8 Overview
  • 8.1 Cover Letter
  • 8.2 Parts of a Cover Letter
  • 8.3 Cover Letter Submission
• Chapter 9 Applying for Jobs
• • Chapter 9 Learning Outcomes
  • Chapter 9 Overview
  • 9.1 Job Applications
  • 9.2 Applying for Jobs in Person
  • 9.3 Searching and Applying for Jobs Online
  • 9.4 Sunday Evening Plan
  • 9.5 Managing the Application Process
  • 9.6 Tracking Applications
• Unit 4 Landing a Job
• • Unit 4 Why It Matters
• Chapter 10 Preparing for the Interview
• • Chapter 10 Learning Outcomes
  • Chapter 10 Overview
  • 10.1 Invitation to Interview
  • 10.2 Company Research
  • 10.3 Job Interview
  • 10.4 Interviewer Questions
  • 10.5 Questions to Ask
  • 10.6 Interview Preparation
• Chapter 11 The Interview
• • Chapter 11 Learning Outcomes
  • Chapter 11 Overview
  • 11.1 First Impressions
  • 11.2 The Interview
  • 11.3 Second Interview
• Chapter 12 Evaluating the Interview
• • Chapter 12 Learning Outcomes
  • Chapter 12 Overview
  • 12.1 Post-Interview Techniques
  • 12.2 The Employment Process
• Unit 5 Your Career
• • Unit 5 Why It Matters
• Chapter 13 Your First Day on the Job
• • Chapter 13 Learning Outcomes
  • Chapter 13 Overview
  • 13.1 Day One
  • 13.2 Performance Evaluations
  • 13.3 Workplace Safety
  • 13.4 Update Your Professional Network
• Chapter 14 Starting Your Career
• • Chapter 14 Learning Outcomes
  • Chapter 14 Overview
  • 14.1 Professionalism
  • 14.2 Multigenerational and Multicultural Workplace
  • 14.3 Your Career
• Appendix A Punctuation
• • Terminal Punctuation
  • Internal Punctuation
• Appendix B Capitalization
• • Capitalization
• Appendix C Number Usage
• • Number Expression
• Glossary
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• Index
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